[SCE] Prescribed burn days at the Jenner Headlands

[Jenner Headlands Preserve]

Cal Fire will be conducting a prescribed burn within the Jenner Headlands
East Ridge Shaded Fuel Break (above the town of Duncan Mills) over the
course of the next few weeks.  Preliminary dates are as follows:


· May 8-9

· May 13-14


The prescribed burn will maintain the effectiveness of the fuel break by
consuming re-sprouting trees and material on the ground with a
low-intensity fire. The break is located on top of a strategically
important ridge for containing wildland fires. The ridge was used to
contain the Southern Portion of the 1978 Creighton Ridge Fire. The
Creighton Ridge fire burned over 10,000 acres of forest land before it was
contained.



Prescribed vegetation management burns are carefully planned and must meet
strict criteria for ecological benefit, weather parameters, smoke
management, and fire safety guidelines. When all conditions are met,
trained wildland firefighters conduct the burn, while monitoring the set
criteria, fire behavior, and designated fire control lines. The prescribed
burn will comply with requirements of the Northern Sonoma County Air
Pollution Control District.